Ten Thousand Islands Fishing report

Ten Thousand Islands: Capt. Jeff Legutki has been concentrating on tarpon recently, and been doing well most days. On Monday of this week, he had Dave Morris from San Francisco onboard, and they jumped 10 tarpon, and got four to the boat ... on fly! These fish were mostly in the 30- to 60-pound range, but one real big boy of about 130 pounds joined the fray. Tuesday, with better conditions and the same tide, Jeff was looking to repeat the previous day's action, but someone forgot to tell the tarpon they were supposed to show up. Running out of Goodland, Capt. Stacy Mullendore also has been focusing on tarpon in recent days. He has been chasing the bigger fish a couple of miles off the beach. On Tuesday, he had the Ken Main group on board, and the fish cooperated. While only one stayed on all the way to the boat, a total of 11 were hooked and provided the anglers with many spectacular jumps before leaving. Also hooked were about eight blacktip sharks. Stacy says he is catching good numbers of snook and trout around the outside islands, but the reds have become scarce. If you have a report to share, send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it